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'40; AY; JUNE price, five cuns lOiiilllngloiinen Reach United States "One hundred picked longshoremen all have "just arrived in France and, have been pot to work by the United States Government loading and unloading ships carrying munitions of war, cording, to advices received by The Age from its European corre The longshoremen are all from Kew Orleans, and have sighed contracts iith the United States Gov-ernmeil for one year work or play the salaries $65 to $100 monthly, with hoard and fogging and medical attention The one hundred longshore men referred in the cablegram ItThe Ace, left New Orleans Wednesday, June the Louis-Trifle and 'UjCshville Railroad for Kew York, sailing for Europe from Hoboken. S. They left jn two companies of fifty men each, and were escorted to the railroad rAtmri hv nf fncn- A' com- fee bi i 1 1. The one hundred longshoremen now abroad are members of the P. B.

V. Association of New Orleans. Before leaving special services were held on the afternoon of June 6 at the Longshoremen's hall. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Job Marks of the Sixth Baptist Church, and addresses were made by the Rev.

Mr. Hubbs, A. J. Ellis, J. Madison Vance, Major Stafford of the United States Army, Fritz Godfrey, superintendent of the Longshoremen's Association, and its president, Albert Workman.

The services of the longshoremen were secured by the Government through the efforts of President Albert Workman and Fletcher T. Chinn. It is generally understood that the sending of. the one hundred longshoremen from New Orleans marked the first move by the Government to send first class Negro stevedores to France in large numbers. MARY CHURCH TERRELL'S SPEECH RILES MR.

THRIFT (SdccUI to Tm Kbw Yaaz Aac) Baltimosz, Md When Comptrolleri Thnft, who represented Mayor Preston, started to present the diplomas' to the members oi this year's graduating class of the Colored High School, sharply dissented front the just ex- pretited'by Uti. Mary Churclr oi sw aaningron, ina me. European war would: aid the Negro's progress in the United -States. The Comptrollef evidently his head," lor his remarks were such. as to arouse the ire oi many in the audi-ence, who hissed Mr.

Thrift was bora in Virginia and of course has some peculiar notions about the Negro of today and his future. In an interview, published next day in the Baltimore Evening Sn, Comptroller Thrift admitted that the utterances of Mrsi Terrell had riled him and that he had. told the audience He did not think the time would, ever, come in this country when would be a breaking, down of the barrier of uclvas. Mr'iTtrrell hid nl seems to be imbued wuh. the" absurd notion that "Jim Crow" 'crcffationtdisfrsnrMsement' aTjd otb" 'y the face, faet viy (Special ta Ts Kw Yout Aam) New Orleans, La.

The report In a Western weekly that there was or is a desire to draw the color line in the Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Church for colored people, proved without any foundation in fact The story has been denounced in very strong terms by Father Schmodry, the devoted and pious pastor, and by Father Hyland, his worthy assistant, as well as by the members of the church generally. In none of the auxiliaries of the church is there any suggestion even of a color line and of course in the church no seats are reserved or set apart for any one; "first come, first serve." being the general order followed by the ushers, as the pews are free. The pastor and his assistant have consistently preached unity and fraternity and worked faithfully to make the Holy Ghost Church a happy and contented congregation of Christians. MAY FORM INDEPENDENT BRANCH OF M. E.

CHURCH (Special to Ta Nsw Yoax Ami Tiaverse City, Mich. The joint commission on the unification of Methodism resumed its sessions Wednesday, June 26, following adjournment at Baltimore, last December. The delegates from the M. E. Church South are favorable to coalition with the Negro in an independ-net church.

Dr. John F. Goucher, of Baltimore, a commissioner from the M. E. Church, is also said to favor the Southern plan.

Dr. I. Garland Penn and Dr. R. E.

Jones are the colored representatives of the M. E. Church. Sdyernmcnt MAY RETIRE FROM ACHYE SERVICE San Francisco, Cau The rumor is in circulation here that an arrnyjboard of physicians is about to recommend the retirement' of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Youngj United States Army the grounds of alleged "high blood pressure." Friends of Lieutenant-Colonel Young assert that he is in the best of physical condition. He says he never felt better in his life and well able to continue in the active service of the United States Army.

Negroes throughout the country would regard the retirement of Lieutenant-Colonel Young as a racial calamity, and would look upon such a move as ill-advised at this time. If retained in active service and promoted to the rank of Colonel he would stand sixth in the line of Colonels for promotion to a Brigadier-Generalship. THE LAMPLIGHTER PASSES IN PHILADELPHIA (Special Taa New Yeas Ami Philadelphia, Pa. The Negro lamplighter, a familiar figure In the city for more than a century, soon will pass Into legendry. The device approved by the Bureau of Lighting, la attached to each lamp.

It la constructed on the mechanism of an eight day clock. The weekly adjustment fixes the hour at which lamps simultaneously are lighted and extinguished. This was necessary to prevent Interference through war drain on labor. 1 Woodrow Wilson's Letter to Bishop Walters in 1912. WOODROW WILSON, 38 State W.

Trenton, N. J. October 16, 1912. My dear Bishop Walters: It is a matter of genuine disappointment to me that I shall not be able to be present at the meeting on Saturday night, but inasmuch as I am canceling every possible engagement, in view of the distressing assault upon Mr. Roosevelt, I do not feel that I can properly add others.

I am fulfilling only those to which I have been bound for many weeks. It would afford me pleasure to be present, because there are certain things I want to say. I hope that it seems superfluous to who know me, but to those who do not know me perhaps it is not unnecessary for me to assure roy colored fellow-citizens of my earnest wish to see justice done them in every matter, and not mere grudging justice, but justice executed with liberality and cordial good feeling. Every guarantee of our law, every principle of our constitution, commands this, and our sympathies should also make it easy. The colored people of the United States have made extraordinary progress towards self-sup-Port and usefulness, and ought to be encouraged in every possible and proper way.

My sym-i Pathy with them is of long standing, and I want to assure them through you that should I become President of the United States, they may count upon me for absolute fair dealing and for everything by which I could assist in advancing the interest of their race in the United States. Cordially and sincerely yours, WOODROW WILSON. Bishop Alexander Walters, Care Judge Robert S. Hutlspeth, New York Members of Woman's Auxiliary in "Silent Goloml Women Take Part Pair.de" on if 1' i'The whi( and cofu'ei wottien of New York are coioperatii Irf.egfeat Red Cross Drivesfor' fun'Waiftjfttye 'Auxiliary of 'took "part Mondays "silent stationary parade" Fifth-' avenue, Leagued fon' Woman's Service', which narked in, the- mstoryorne coiorea romen oj, the The parade F.nr-eeu'th sff'eet tb Fifty-ninth street, wfch FOIlt DIolblNES (Special to KV Yik. Acs) Fort Df.s Moines.

Ia, Robert Fearr ing of the Fifteenth Kew who is, 'attending York Infantry, eserve- Officers Trainini? Camp, has i i ar 'inted Ser-t attalion at geant has been iijiany 1. heant Major of tli 1 Cmnn Fort Des Mo Braxton of tli ited a serf" 'n from the Fifteenth having -been made corporals in Company 12 Fritz R. Greaves, James L. Norris, Lee A. Pollard, William Crevellier, W.

Nic-colls, George H. Brown, Ira Aldridge, Edward P. Kudd, William L. Gee. Tames McCoy and William Bullock have been made corporals in Company 1.

Twenty-five, men arrived Saturday from the Twenty-fifth Infantry, which is stationed in Hawaii. There are now 250 non-commissioned officers in camp who are acting as instructors. "The first step in the making of an officer," declared Col. Ballou, commanding! officer, to the candidates, "is the making of a soldier." "We have organized the men into a regiment of fourteen companies and each man will receive precisely the same training, regardless of his previous station in military or civil life." fourteen of the sixteen regiments of the Negro division, which will be drafted this fall, will be officered from the regiment now at Fort Des Moines. Each of the fourteen companies will furnish the officers for one regiment.

Col. Ballou says the physical average of the camp is unusually high. "You know it is said there is no such thing as a perfect man, but the examining doctors here tell me that they have passed a number of men in whom they failed to find physical defects," the colonel recently told a newspaperman. First Week at Camp. The first week of training at the camp proved to be a great success to both instructors and pupils.

The men are standing up well under the vigorous training and the morale of the camp is high. After three days of drill without arms, the cadets were given the manual of arms, and unlder the personal supervision of the regular "non-coms" rapid progress was made in this difficult branch of drill. The other instruction for the week was devoted to rifle-practice, semaphore signalling, guard duty work and practice marching along the dusty Iowa roads. The cadets have taken a special liking to the signal work, and large numbers of them can be seen sending messages across the parade ground at all times in the day when they have a moment to spare. Saturday morning the regular weeklyn inspection was held by the commanding officers after which an hour was devoted to a practice fire drill.

The training for the coming week has not been published yet, but it is thought that it will not differ materially in kind, merely in degree. The men are being well fed, well housed, well clothed and above all, they are especially well pleased with the corps of officers in charge of the camp. Eighty-two non-commissioned officers from the 25th Infantry arrived at camp Saturday afternoon. The men came directly from Honolulu and will be assigned to the various companies to instruct the cadets in the rudiments of drill and at the same time to prepare themselves for the examinations in September, whereby they may be given their commissions. The veterans were under the charge of Sergeant Watson of Co.

I. Among the men were numbered many old veterans and campaigners of the Spanish-American war and the Philip-O. J. Kincaid, Battalion Sergeant Major Wm. Andrews, Batallion Sergenat Major George Uurphy, Sergeant Alonzo (Continue on pay two) X7 Fifth Avenue twenty representatives from each cooperating body assigned to a block at a distance of ten feet apart Representatives of the Woman's Auxiliary were assigned to the East Side of Fifth avenue, between Thirtieth and Thirty-first streets.

Every wo'man participating was dressed in white and wore the official sailor hat with "National League Woman's Service" lettered on the band, and the Red Cross' sash on the left arm. ANDERSON ATTENDS DINNER AT THE WALDORF Hdn. Charles W. Anderson, Supervisor of Agriculture, was one of the guests at the dinner given by the Mayor Friday evening at the Waldorf Astoria in honor of the Italian Royal Commission, which included His Royal Highness, Ferdinand of Savoy, Prince of Udine, and the Hon. Guglielmo Marconi.

Mr. Anderson was seated at Table No. with Nathan. Straus, Henry J. Wright, John I.

Waterbury, Col George Wingate, Henry Seligman, B. J. Grcenhuf P. G. Charles Lanier and Charles Pana Gibson.

EPISCOPAL PRIESTHOOD Last Sunday, June 24, marked the celebration by the vestry and congregation of St Augustine's Episcopal Church Brooklyn, of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ordination of the rector, the Rev. George Frazier Miller. A large number turned out at the morning service and listened to an edifying discourse by the rector, in which he touched upon the salient features of his ministry. At night the church was crowded to hear the sermon by the Rev. Henry L.

Phillips, Archdeacon of Philadelphia. St. Augustine's Church has grown largely in membership and influence in the community under the rectorate of Dr. Miller. NEARLY ONE MILLION NEGRO MEN REGISTER (Special to Taa New Yoib Asm.) Washington, D.

According to official figures just given out, 9,659,382 Americans registered for selective army draft, between the ages of 21 and 31, of whom 7.347,749 were white and 953,899 were colored. The Indians who registered numbered 6,001. The claim is made in some quarters that hundreds of Negroes who have no difficulty passing for white registered as white, some taking offense at the unnecessary referenc to African descent printed on the corner of the registration paper, and others because they are known in their respective communities as Caucasians. RED CROSS TAGGERS AT NEW ROCHELLE (Special to Thi New Voir Aat New Rocheiae, N. Y.

M. Pattillo Harper was chaperon for six colored girls she called out Saturday, Red Cross "Tag Day." This is the first time in the history of the city that colored girls were invited to sell tags and it was done through the efforts of Mrs. Harper, who is a member of the American Red Cross Society. The girls made an excellent showing and their costumes and manners were highly complimented by the leading ladies. They made good, reporting $20.07.

Other money turned over by Mrs. Harper was $10 on refreshments sold May 30, making a total already already of $30. She will give a concert June 28th DES MOINES BUSINESS MEN TO SERVE NEGROES (Special to Taa Nsw Toaa Ao Fort Des Moines, la. Several of the local restaurants and picture houses in the city of Des Moines have refused to accommodate members of the Reserve Officers' Training Camp, have been notified by Lieut. Bell, provost guard commander of the City of Des Moines, that the men in training at the Fort are here because the United States Government has ordered them to come and any discrimination whatever shown toward them, in restaurants, church rooms or theatres would not be tolerated by the military authorities.

Consequently all owners and proprietors who have been known to have discriminated against one or two of the cadets have been notified that at the first unfavorable report against them their licenses will be revoked. Discrimination in the city has not been widespread. It was only shown here and there by some narrow-minded proprietor. The city as a whole has been frank and open in its welcome of the cadets. in "Silent for Red Cross Members of the Woman's Auxiliary taking part in the parade were: Mrs.

Adah B. Thorns, captain Misses Edith Carter, Lucille Hyder, Willette Owens, Sarah McCoy, Ruth Strickland, Josephine Kellogg, Anna L. Jones, Emma Fox, Florence Treadwell, S. Elizabeth Frabier, Mesdames Mary Bolin, N. Y.

Griffin, Montgomery Jones, A. M. Stewart, Kinlock, Garcia, Tracy Cooper and Lucine Bailey. COLOR LINE SHARPLY White -Americans have taken their color prejudices to Panama, where, before the building of the Panama Canal was begun, there was no Negro problem, Since the invasion of the American, however, wholesale discriminations against the Negro exist, the color line, In toine instances, being as closely '''awn' as "'i JTnfofaa'tloiI "hit 'Lecu "urouttit' to New York by one who spent several weeks in Panama, and was in a position to investigate conditions from every angle because, of his light complexion. In describing conditions in Panama to an Acs representative, the following impressions were given: "The majority of Negroes in Panama are West Indians.

There are few members of the race from the United States. The housing conditions of the people are very poor, due chiefly to the small salaries paid. Negroes are paid but from ten to twelve cents an When the weather is inclement they are usually prevented from working and are the financial losers. "In contrast to the low salaries paid, Negroes are compelled to pay from $3 to $4 a week for a small room without light, little or no air and void of modern conveniences whatsoever. Much ado is made about the prevailency of so much sickness among the black people, but were they paid better wages they could live along more sanitary lines.

I have seen men work in the rain, not wanting to lose anything on the week, becoming ill from exposure. The color line is sharply drawn in the hospital, which is conducted under the superivsion of the United States Government. One floor is used for white patients and the other for black patients. There are no accommodations for colored women or children. A larger hospital and a more liberal policy are needed in Panama.

"The periodical fires, burning out sections where Negroes reside, occur at certain intervals, and while the opinion prevails that they are of incendiary origin and destroyed to get rid of the old quarters, no effort is made by the authorities to prevent a recurrence of these conflagrations, which usually are accompanied by a loss of life. "The color line in Panama reminds one of the inconsistent manner in which it is drawn in the South. Although white man refuses to meet the Negro on the same social plane many instances may be citied showing him on most familiar terms with colored women. The customs of the place seem to be that no attention is paid to this immoral condition. 1 "Many Negroes want to leave Pana-, ma, but the strict immigration laws are such that they find it almost impossible.

They, are compelled to undergo a severe physical test, and besides must possess several hundred dollars. On account of the small wage and big expense, it is extremely difficult for. them to get together a bank roll." NOTICE Owing to July 4 falling on a all news matter and advertisements most be In AGS office not later than llzziij evenlz cf next vtzz'j. DRAVII TO EDUCATION.1 Amount Contributed Yccrly by Megross in Suppcrt of Their Institutions. RACE IS HELPING.

IMF There are 13S Negr ftoarda, Cepre Mating sua laveatawBt of 2C5.C34 Dr. Thomas Jeatc Janet at VttStel State Bortaa of Edatatln Kaie latereattof Bepart. Negroes of America are contributing voluntarily to educational institutions upwards of $500,000 a year, according to Dr, Thpma9. Jesse Jones of the United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, in his jeport on "Negro Education A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States," just Dr. 'Jones has spent the past, three years in personally visiting all the jm- -portant institutions for the education of the Negro throughout the country, working under the joint auspices of the Federal Bureau and the Phelps-Stokes Fund of New York, and directly under the supervision of Dr.

P. Claxton," Commissioner of Educatiou. In his report Dr. Jones 'says that ha has found "convincing evidence' of the determination of the colored people to help themselves," and he characterizes the-development of schoo'ls 1 rsidy jbrmviJUj I rapid has the progress been that thera are now 153 schools under Negro boards representing an. investment in plant and equipment of $2305,054, and an annual income for current expenses of mora than $380,000.

These schools employ 828 teachers and workers and have an enrollment of 17,299 pupils, of whom 14,686 are elementary, 2,498 secondary. and 115 collegiate and professional. Of the total 153 schools Dr. Jones rates sixty as essential parts of the educational systems of the States in which they are situated. Of the ninety-three remaining institutions, some are sincere in pur- p6se but handicapped by lack of funds or bad management, and other si are the result of jealousy between factions.

In addition to supporting these 153 schools, the race is giving out of its own pocket a considerable nm-to extend the terms of some of the public schools. Dr. Jones estimates the Negroes of America are contributing voluntarily to educational institutions' upwards of $500,000 a year. Publie and Private Institutions. All told there are 625 private schools'1 and 122 secondary public institutions discussed in the report.

Tliry represent a property. investment of $35,870,000 an annual income for current, expenses of $4,241,572. Institutions under pub- lie control consist of Howard Univer-. sity, which is a Federal-institution sixteen land-grant schools, eleven State schools, sixty-seven city high schools, and twenty-seven county training schools. The private institutions include 118 with independent boards -of trustees, 354 under white churrh boards.

-and the 151 maintained by the colored I people themselves. Taking the group as a whole, all 122 of the public institutions and 266 of the private schools are rated as "larger or important," thatiisj essential parts of the educational system. In a chapter entitled "Public School. Facilities," Dr. Jones discussrs' in great detail the exact status of State conntv nrnvisinn fnr thr MlnrotiWii lif tne wegroes'in.

tnci south. I lis a m. findings. are based upon the census fig-'-. ur.es the official reports of State1' and county school He find tht.

th allotment for thk Neaec- schools averages -for ths whofe ti' South -one-fourth, of what it wovld if school funds wr apportioned bo-twoon the two races on th basis population. Tho Inequality becomes most pronounced in the counties whots 5 population mors than thrs. fourths colored. In these counties the Pf eapr its for colored children is whits children, 72. in another part of his report the relative interest taken vy the South in its white and colored public schools, Dr.

Jones says: 7 "The rapid increase of the appropria- tioris for white schools during tho past few years, and especially the multiplication of white high schools in the South- em States, have given rise to the belief i -J that the appropriations fpr Negro 7 schools have actually decreased. While this is probably true in some counties, the school records show an increase in the State appropriations for both the white and colored schools. "According to the report of the State Superintendent, the expenditures for white schools in Alabama increased tenfold between 1880 and 1910, while those for the Negro schools doubled. Similar.